Amid these deliberations, a new report emerged about who the Knicks have not requested permission to interview. One of these coaches in Los Angeles Lakers' JJ Redick, who was named by Sam Amick of The Athletic as one of a handful of names the Knicks are not pursuing.

The NBA legend has some experience picking up the pieces and succeeding after his coach loses his job, and claims the New York Knicks are out of excuses.

Giannis has been exceptionally loyal to the Bucks, and it seems like he’s staying on brand. Still, Milwaukee’s inflexibility and lack of top-end talent around the two-time MVP are impossible to ignore. Don’t pencil him into the Bucks’ opening-night starting five just yet. We have a lot of offseason left.

Knicks Reportedly Didn't Request Permission to Speak to Five 'High-Profile' Coaches originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Knicks need a new head coach after firing Tom Thibodeau, who went 226-174 in the regular season and 24-23 in the postseason and won the 2021 Coach of the Year Award.

The New York Knicks made an impressive run to the Eastern Conference Finals run during the 2024-25 NBA season. Unfortunately, they ran into a red-hot Indiana Pacers team, which were able to eliminate them in six games.

Charles Barkley is never afraid to speak his mind -- and he let loose on the Knicks for how they’re handling their coaching search. “The Knicks gotta be the stupidest damn people in the world,” Barkley said on NBA TV during Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

Over a week after firing Tom Thibodeau, the New York Knicks' search for an experienced successor has hit some road blocks. One day after New York was rebuffed when asking permission to speak with Chris Finch (Minnesota Timberwolves) and Ime Udoka (Houston Rockets),

Having already been rebuffed by five different teams in their requests to interview replacements for Tom Thibodeau, the New York Knicks may finally be ready to start looking outside the realm of currently employed coaches in their search for a new bench boss.

The Knicks, meantime, are the only coaching opening in the NBA but they have been shut down while trying to speak with numerous sitting NBA head coaches, including Jason Kidd (Dallas), Ime Udoka (Houston), Chris Finch (Minnesota), Billy Donovan (Chicago) and Quin Snyder (Atlanta).